Stephen Booth

I'm a British crime novelist, the author of 16 novels in the Ben Cooper and Diane Fry series. My novels features two young police detectives, and are set in England's beautiful and atmospheric Peak District. They've twice won the Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel of the Year, as well as the Dager in the Library Award from the Crime Writers' Association. I've also been a Gold Dagger and Anthony Award nominee, and Ben Cooper was a finalist for the Sherlock Award for Best Detective created by a British author. CLAWS is a short novella focusing on Detective Constable Ben Cooper on assignment to the Rural Crime Team in the county of Derbyshire. The novels to date are:Black DogDancing with the VirginsBlood on the TongueBlind to the BonesOne Last BreathThe Dead PlaceScared to LiveDying to SinThe Kill CallLost RiverThe Devil's EdgeDead and BuriedAlready DeadThe Corpse Bridge The Murder RoadSecrets of Death (due in 2016)The books are published in the USA by Witness Impulse. In the UK and Canada, the early books were from HarperCollins and the later ones by Little, Brown.